Just my way of sharing with family, friends, and anyone who will listen, the things that I have learned about my ancestors with a little bit about myself and my own little family in the mix.

Friday, July 22, 2011

Deed to 1510 Lincoln Street Reveals an Interesting Connection

My researcher friend from New Bern has been a tremendous help to me of late. She helped me locate the deeds for Thomas Duke Harrison. The first deed is for the house on Lincoln Street.

It turns out that William Sutton was a pretty impressive figure in the Methodist Church at the time.

Here is an excerpt from a book called, "History of the American Negro and His Institutions. Vol 4" by Arthur Bunyan Caldwell.

It turns out that the Eastern North Carolina Industrial Academy was located on Williams St. The same street where the church where Thomas Duke Harrison was pastor of was located. I will mention what I found regarding the other two deeds for "The Duke" on my next post.

4 comments:

This is full of wonderful information...I can't wait to see your next post. What I like so much about this, is that even though this is your history in NC, this is also all "our" (African & Indian) history in North Carolina. We are a great people and I love this...History we should all know.

Thanks so much for your comment. I know what you mean. There is so much history that we are just not taught and now with the internet, it's a blessing that we can all take part in passing information on and continuing our educations.

A Quote By Rumi

A Quote By Philip Carr-Gomm

When we know about our ancestors, when we sense them as living and as supporting us, then we feel connected to the genetic life-stream, and we draw strength and nourishment from this.

A Quote By Laurence Overmire

Over the course of the millennia, all these ancestors in your tree, generation upon generation, have come down to this moment in time to give birth to you. There has never been, nor will ever be another like you. You have been given a tremendous responsibility. You carry the hopes and dreams of all those who have gone before. Hopes and dreams for a better world. What will you do with your time on this Earth? How will you contribute to the ongoing story of humankind?